diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/option.c b/drivers/usb/serial/option.c
index 2003a66c48079aa2a3edc0266bd186b4f02feb36..df91ea9243dfc5e48f398a1406db6c1c12a8311e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/option.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/option.c
@@ -1904,6 +1904,7 @@ static void option_instat_callback(struct urb *urb)
 
 	/* Resubmit urb so we continue receiving IRQ data */
 	if (status != -ESHUTDOWN && status != -ENOENT) {
+		usb_mark_last_busy(port->serial->dev);
 		err = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (err)
 			dev_dbg(dev, "%s: resubmit intr urb failed. (%d)\n",